Lara Downes performs a Tiny Desk concert. Estefania Mitre/NPR hide caption
Franz Schubert
Andras Schiff had a change of heart when it comes to the fortepiano. Nadia F. Romanini/ECM Records hide caption
András Schiff's Confessional Schubert
András Schiff takes late sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert to Carnegie Hall. AJ Wilhelm/for NPR hide caption
András Schiff Plays Mozart, Haydn, Schubert And Beethoven At Carnegie Hall
Scottish-American soprano Mary Garden (1874-1967) portrayed Goethe's character Gretchen, known as Marguerite in Charles Gounod's opera Faust. Bettmann/CORBIS hide caption
Choreographer Bill T. Jones at an appearance earlier this year. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
Pianist Paul Lewis is drawn to the late piano sonatas by Franz Schubert. Josep Molina/Harmonia Mundi hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrate the 10th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall in a special gala concert. Vern Evans hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel And The LA Philharmonic Celebrate 10 Years In Disney Hall
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Pope Benedict XVI addresses the audience at Milan's La Scala opera house where he heard a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Daniel Dal Zennaro/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
From coffeehouses to punk clubs, Matt Haimovitz has played his cello in some surprising places. Steph Mackinnon hide caption
The new album by The Knights, A Second of Silence, celebrates Schubert and more modern but like-minded composers. Ancalagon Records hide caption
Fireworks From Cuba, And Schubert That Grooves: New Classical Albums
The Takacs Quartet played Bartok and Schubert last week at the Savannah Music Festival. Frank Stewart/Savannah Music Festival hide caption
Takacs Quartet: Schubert Meets Bartok
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Dr. Watson (Jude Law) in the second installment of Guy Ritchie's steampunk action-mystery franchise. Warner Bros. hide caption
Tenor Mark Padmore (right) and pianist Paul Lewis have teamed up again for the songs of Franz Schubert. Marco Borggreve/HM hide caption
Conductor Ivan Fischer leads his Budapest Festival Orchestra in a program of Bartok and Schubert live at Carnegie Hall, Saturday, Oct. 29.
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Jan Vogler, cellist and artistic director of the Moritzburg Festival in Dresden, Germany. KassKara hide caption